[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR550.403]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 550--PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart D--Payments During Evacuation
 
Sec. 550.403  Advance payments; evacuation payments; special allowances.

    (a) An advance payment of pay, allowances, and differentials may be 
made to an employee who has received an order to evacuate, provided 
that, in the opinion of the agency head or designated official, payment 
in advance of the date on which an employee otherwise would be entitled 
to be paid is required to help the employee defray immediate expenses 
incidental to the evacuation.
    (b) Evacuation payments of pay, allowances, and differentials may be 
made to an employee during an evacuation and shall be paid on the 
employee's regular pay days when feasible.
    (c) Special allowances, including travel expenses and per diem, may 
be paid to evacuated employees to offset any direct added expenses that 
are incurred by the employee as a result of his or her evacuation or the 
evacuation of his or her dependents.
    (d) An advance payment or an evacuation payment may be paid to the 
employee, a dependent 16 years of age or over, or a designated 
representative. When payment is made to someone other than the employee, 
prior written authorization by the employee must have been provided to 
the authorizing agency official.
    (e) Any agency may make payments in an evacuation situation to an 
employee of another Federal agency (or

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his or her dependent(s) or personal representative) who has received an 
order to evacuate. When a payment is made under this subpart by an 
agency other than the employee's agency, the agency making the payment 
shall immediately report the amount and date of the payment to the 
employee's agency in order that prompt reimbursement may be made.